Programme Category
Programme Name
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The ENFIELD – Exchange Scheme Open Call aims to attract the top-level researchers to conduct fundamental research in the fields of Green AI, Adaptive AI, Humancentric AI, and Trustworthy AI. These research activities are focused on addressing specific scientific and technological challenges within the domains of energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and space.
Detailed Call Description
This call will contribute to inwards and outwards dissemination and promote to ENFIELD network creation and expansion to European AI labs.
ENFIELD Exchange Open Calls does not fund research itself but promotes interactions and strengthens research collaboration among researchers across Europe by granting employed researchers (PhDs, postdocs, senior researchers).
The researchers to be funded under ENFIELD project will need to conduct foundational research activities related to specific scientific/technological challenges in at least one of the following sectors: healthcare, energy, space and manufacturing, as presented in the Catalogue of Challenges.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The total call budget of €1.100.000 is allocated by ENFIELD for funding the participation of at least 76 researchers/groups of researchers in Exchange Schemes Open Calls. This third call is expected to fund 19 researchers/groups of researchers.
Successful applicants will receive a mobility allowance of €2.400 per month. The maximum grant allocated to a researcher will be €14.400 (corresponding to 6 months).
The expected duration of participation is 3 up to 6 months (Project execution timeframe: 1 July 2025 – 31 May 2026).
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Other Beneficiaries
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The ENFIELD – Exchange Scheme Open Call will fund projects implemented by individual researchers (or a group of researchers) from EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries. The following researchers are invited to submit their proposals for ENFIELD Exchange Schemes:
- PhD candidates (who demonstrate their enrolment in a PhD programme) in an eligible country.
- Post-docs and senior researchers who demonstrate their employment at a university, research centre or business entity in an eligible country.
In case of a group of researchers applying the team needs to be composed by a minimum of one 1 PhD candidate and 1 post-doc or senior researcher.
Researchers from ENFIELD partner organisations are not eligible to apply.
Researchers working in any of the following countries are eligible to participate in the ENFIELD – Exchange Open Call:
- The Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU), including their outermost regions.
- Horizon Europe associated countries: according to the updated list published by the EC
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
Applicants are encouraged to contact ENFIELD support team for additional information and guidance by contacting: enfield.opencall@inova.business.
Queries about applications can be sent by email to enfield.opencall@inova.business before 10 April 2025. A FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section will be posted on the ENFIELD project website and updated regularly.